After so many years of hard work, of great efforts, of many steps forward and some, very painful, backward I can say without fear of denial that I have reached the goal that I have always pursued. My bulldogs excel on all the most important rings in the world, we are currently (for a year now) the only kennel that works in enci selected breeding and the only one able to release the prestigious red pedigree, the only one breeding that performs all the health tests required by enci and cib and also others, very important for me (for example the X-ray for the tracheal index). Our puppies have been filling families around the world with joy for nearly thirty years. My work was born from a falling in love that has turned into passion and love for the breed. But love, as we well know, is never enough, not even in love. In order to achieve results, and maintain them over time, in over twenty years of activity, improving year after year, I have maintained consistency with what for me have always been the primary objectives of my work: a healthy dog that fully meets the standard. Each time setting goals to be achieved. I have always looked to those who were better than me, to those who were excellent in the breeding world, to connect with them, with their skills and knowledge. Henry Ford said: "Nothing is particularly difficult if you divide it into small steps". Every decision I made has always had a domino effect on my litters, making me proud of my work day after day. Of course, having passion, mental attitude and enthusiasm has always been the plus to reach the goal I set myself every time. But I have also always believed in myself, and in my breeding project, this has created a virtuous loop from goal to goal. Each litter was a stimulus, but also the result of a rational and realistic thinking with respect to short, medium and long term objectives: "Rome was not built in a day". I took the "risk" but without risk. gambling is blind, while probability, risk, is based on foresight and knowledge. If I could express my work with an algebraic expression it would be:

“Constance + Determination + Study = BuckandSons”.

And if constancy and determination are peculiar characteristics of my character, the study is what gives me the tools to make mine, the most titled kennel in Italy, the one that boasts the greatest number of samples, the one that first won the crufts, and which has risen, among other podiums, to the highest step in Europe.

Luana Martinini